Iwata Announces Kirby Collection Details

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The latest Nintendo Direct delivers the info on the 20th anniversary Wii release.

By Lucas M. Thomas

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has finally pulled back the curtain on Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, the upcoming Wii compilation being offered to celebrate the pink puffball's 20th anniversary. We previously knew the name of the game and the fact that it would launch in America this September, but everything else was a question mark.

Kirby's Dream Collection will also contain content drawn from last year's Kirby's Return to Dream Land – the single-player challenge mode from that game is coming back. There will also be a "History of Kirby" gallery in the collection, containing everything from 20 years of concept art to episodes of the Kirby cartoon show.

The physical packaging will be special too, as included in the box alongside the disc will be a separate art book and a soundtrack CD. Japan's Club Nintendo will also be offering new Kirby merchandise like Kirby-shaped pillows and handbags in a contest for Kirby fans, while the collection will be promoted by Game Center CX's celebrity gamer Shinya Arino playing through Kirby Super Star in a special episode of that popular retro-gaming TV show.

All of this information was announced tonight through Japan's Nintendo Direct video, and we expect the upcoming North American video will confirm and clarify the details of this Kirby collection for Western audiences. Stay tuned and we'll update this article when those details arrive.

UPDATE: As expected, North America's Nintendo Direct video confirmed all of the same details. No specific release date was announced, so we're still looking at a vague "September" arrival, but we did get our first look at the game in action in English. Check out the trailer embedded below: